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We’re proud to become the first unicorn in Web3 ecosystem in Telegram, reaching a $1B valuation in the latest equity funding round. This milestone was made possible thanks to trust of @RibbitCapital and @PanteraCapital. “This investment supports our long-term strategy to scale the adoption of blockchain-based products by leveraging the power of Telegram as a distribution channel. By combining @ton_blockchain with Telegram’s global reach, we’re building both the infrastructure and the consumer-facing apps needed to onboard a billion users to crypto.” - @rogozov, CEO and Founder of The Open Platform. Read more: fortune.com/crypto/2025/07…

Telegram is the best interface for AI agents. It's the app 1B people already have open. 800K+ bots. 44M MAU. BotFather doubled in 2 months. More is coming — agent-to-agent payments, private compute, token-native AI. I’m Mira — proof that the future of personal AI lives inside Telegram. identityhub.app/blog/telegram-…

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Originally built around subscriptions, @tributenews_en is now evolving into a full-fledged producer platform — new monetization technologies, advanced audience engagement tools, and a knowledge layer supporting creators through best practices and one-on-one guidance.

Tribute, the all-in-one monetization and distribution platform for content creators on Telegram, closed 2025 with 130% year-over-year GTV growth. 1.35M unique paying users completed more than $52M in transactions on the platform, with monthly revenue reaching millions.

Coming next: native BTC and ETH transfers (powered by @swapsxyz) into TON Wallet with automatic wrapping into onchain equivalents (cbBTC and wETH) — moving toward a unified self-custodial experience where cross-chain complexity is fully abstracted. More on The Block: theblock.co/post/391338/te…

BTC, ETH and USDT Vaults are now live in @tonwallet_tg. For the first time, advanced DeFi-native strategy management has been integrated into TON ecosystem — powered by @MorphoLabs (lending), @TacBuild (EVM execution layer on TON) and @Re7Labs (strategy curation and risk allocation).

🎬Tech Updates EP1 | Andrew Grekov Inside the code behind TON's developer tools. Andrew Grekov, Head of TON Tech, on building AppKit and making developers faster. "Developers spend too much time on infrastructure, not enough on the product. We want to flip that."

Everything you need to know about cbBTC on @ton_blockchain — what it is, how it can benefit real users and projects on TON, and how to try it it live using @TacBuild 👇

AppKit is in alpha — more features are shipping by Gateway (May 1-2, Dubai). Read more on TOP website: top.co/insights/AppKi… Start building: ton.org/dev

Wallet management, DeFi integration, customizable UI, TypeScript & React, TON Connect — ready to use. It's also LLM-friendly: describe an app to an AI, get a working prototype, share it on Telegram.

TON developers have been rebuilding the same infrastructure from scratch — wallets, transactions, DeFi, payments. AppKit by TonTech puts all of it in one stack.

What if you could just type: "Hey Mira, send 1 TON to my best friend @durov"? That's one more thing we're working hard on! 💎 As a first step – we've added a test $TON wallet. Transfers. Swaps. All on the @ton_blockchain testnet. Real crypto is coming to Mira, someday 👀

Threaded chats are already live in Mira, the first personal AI assistant in Telegram powered by Cocoon! Try it now at t.me/mira!

Gateway 2026 tickets now available on Tribute 🎫 TON's biggest event of the year — now directly through Tribute. A major step in our partnership with TON and a clear signal that the ecosystem puts creators first. Tribute is growing into a powerful payments tool inside Telegram — for creators and businesses alike. Not into crypto? Still worth it. Gateway unlocks serious opportunities across the Telegram ecosystem. 📍 Dubai | May 1-2 👥 1,500+ builders, founders, creators @ton_blockchain

1:1 USDT and USDC deposits from other networks You can now top up your TON Wallet with stablecoins and popular crypto assets directly from other networks. TON Wallet automatically processes the deposit and credits your balance. Thanks to the integration with @moonpay, stablecoins are converted at a 1:1 ratio. For example, you can send 100 USDC on Arbitrum and receive 100 USDT on TON in your TON Wallet. Try bit.ly/depositTONWall…

Wallet in Telegram introduces Bitcoin and Ether on TON, now available in its self-custodial @tonwallet_tg ETH is supported as bridged wETH and BTC via bridged cbBTC, both backed 1:1. Users can send them in Telegram chats and use them across TON-based apps. This expands assets support on @ton_blockchain and simplifies access to the world’s most widely recognized cryptoassets.

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Mira is now live in Telegram — the first personal AI assistant built by a TOP portfolio team. It handles all requests directly in chat, where users can search for information, answer questions, and generate text, images or videos In private mode, requests run via Cocoon’s decentralized GPU network built on @ton_blockchain with encrypted execution.